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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1977
Page
8
PARIS Missouri plans for a bake sale during the Paris Sidewalk sale and a homemade toy contest for Christmas replace a doll dressing contest. The Monroe County Child Welfare Advisory Board will host a May 10 meeting at 7 30 PM at the Family Services Office with Doris Moore as guest speaker on developmental disabilities.
Farber Study Club hosted by Mrs. Al Herman met with MFWC guests Miss LeAnn Hahn and others. Discussions covered Home Life Dept honors, upcoming GFWC convention in Seattle, and a community project to plant flowers in city boxes. Members planned a May 19 excursion to the Audrain County Museum and noted library and conservation programs.
Charles Alexander, a 1969 MU graduate and Wellsville-Middletown High School alum, will join the National Milling Corp in Tanganyika as Economic Analysis Advisor after a two week USAID orientation in Washington. He earned a Master’s in agricultural economics and wrote a thesis on the organic industry. He served in Vietnam and as a Peace Corps agricultural consultant in the Philippines.
KINGDOM CITY The North Callaway Board of Education offered contracts to seven teachers for the 1977-78 year including Patsy Austin, Joanne Waterman, Debbie Akers, Deborah Howard, John Dunn, Marla Guy, and Marcie Allen. The board also approved a summer band program, a 6-8 grade basketball camp, dishwasher purchases pending state aid, and a leave of absence for Gail Elley, with resignations from Gruszczynski, Nancy Starke, Raymond Starke, David Freeman, and Jim Wells.
The Gamma Road Community Care Center steering committee and the Wellsville city council met at Wells Villa to approve essential steps for funding and construction. They plan a six inch water line from Mid dletown Road, borrow remaining funds, hire an architect, and engage Jackette Construction Co. Pledges reach 164000 toward an 180000 goal.
Vandalia Methodist Church will host the Wesley Foundation Singers from Kirksville at 10:40 a.m. Sunday worship service. Robert Evans, son of Vandalia residents, is a member. A carry-in dinner follows in the church basement. The group also sings at New Harmony Christian Church Saturday at 7 30 p.m.
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